Team

Education in Brazil

• Ph.D. in Business Administration (EAESP/FGV). Dissertation on Product Development.
• M.Sc. in Business Administration (EAESP/FGV). Thesis on Risk Management.
• M.Sc. in Structural Engineering (EPUSP). Thesis on qualitative models.
• Bachelor in Civil Engineering (EPUSP).

Research and teaching activities in Brazil

• 1979-98 - Escola Polictecnica da Universidade de Sao Paulo (Sao Paulo)
• 1997 - EAEASP- Fundacao Getulio Vargas (Sao Paulo)
• since 1998 - Universidade Federal do Parana-DAGA (Curitiba, Parana)

Disciplines

• 1979-98 Strenght of Materials, Experimental analysis of structures (EPUSP).
• 1997 Production Management (EAESP/FGV)
• since 1998 Project Management, Production Management, Product Development, Logistics Management (UFPR, Department of Administration).

Research program in foreign institutions

• 1992 Fulbright Scholar at Indiana University (Dept. of Marketing), and Cornell University (College of Human Ecology), USA.
• 1996 Visiting Scholar at TUD, Dept. of Technology Management & Marketing.
• since Aug. 2005 Visiting Scholar at IAO, Fraunhofer Institut, Stuttgart, Germany.
• since Aug. 2005 Visiting Professor: Technical University of Darmstadt (TUD), Institut für Betriebswirtschaftslehre/ Immobilienwirtschaftslehre & Baubetriebswirtschaftslehre.

Some topics of interest at present

Project management (PM)

• Project controlling
• Quantitative tools applied to PM
• Managing projects at the organization strategic level
• Resource management
• Risk management

Innovation management (IM)

• Feasibility studies
• Competitive strategies
• Cost management
• Relationship management

Product development (PD)

• Design management
• QFD and quality tools applied to PD
• Simmulation techniques applied to PD

Operations management and Logistics (OML)

• Supply Chain Management
• Topics of production management